Quality management of the bamboo resource and its contribution to environmental conservation in Malaysia

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 643-656

  Mohamed, Azmy H J ^a   Hall, J B ^b   Sulaiman, Othman ^c   Wahab, Razak ^d   Kadir, Wan Rashidah Wan A B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^e FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Malaysia; Quality management; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848871302     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830710826685     Document Type: Article

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